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Celebrating Unity and Diversity
- Bollywood affirms loyalty to destination Sri Lanka
- ‘Arugam Bay’ top scores Wilson the winner
- ‘World Spice Festival 2010’ count down begins
- Favourite’s latest value addition to tourism
- House-boats to enrich experience
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Bollywood super star Salman Khan and team arrived in Colombo this week in preparation for filming of ‘Ready’ which is being shot in some luxurious settings in Sri Lanka.
Khan comes with the blessings of the producer Bhushan Kumar of T-Series and director Anees Bazmi, and is expected spend around thirty days on location shooting in Sri Lanka.
For more visit http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4585-salman-arrives.html
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Julian Wilson from Australia emerged winner at The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) world tour ‘SriLankan Airlines Pro 2010’ riding the swell in the east coast of Sri Lanka at Arugam Bay. Wilson came into this event courtesy of a wild-card from the sponsor and throughout the event he dominated, continually posting the day’s highest scoring rides and took a deserved win over 19 year-old USA surfer Nat Young the runner up.
22 year old Wilson, a Queenslander, compared the waves at Arugam Bay to those at Noosa where he trained and said “The waves have been outstanding everyday and in many ways they are similar to the point waves around Noosa where I live – but probably way more consistent.” He went on to add “I can’t believe what an outstanding event this has been for me and all the surfers who have travelled here”. Arugam Bay was recently voted Asia’s top most surf destination by -Floating Asia.
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‘World Spice Food Festival’ is back and Colombo’s chefs and those from other exotic destinations, who will fly in to Sri Lanka, are readying to delight visitors as the curtain raises on the ‘2010’ edition scheduled to run from 14th to 24th July. This year, as in the past five occasions on which it ran since 2005, will undoubtedly be an unparalleled food extravaganza, bringing exceptional fare to enchant even the most discerning palate.
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Favourite Holidays most recent value addition to the tourism industry comes on their being appointed, exclusive booking agent for the new Robinson R 44 helicopter, which commenced commercial operations early this month. Favourite Holidays is a subsidiary of the diversified Favourite Group, whose holdings also include Sri Lanka's premier domestic airline Deccan Aviation Lanka.
The R44 operates from the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake and the Ratmalana domestic airport linking all tourist destinations and resorts in less than 90 minutes of flying time. The cost for a typical transfer for the three passengers from Colombo to Galle is USD 700 and in flying time of just 35 minutes. Attractive short flights for sight seeing have also been introduced, enabling visitors with time constraints to literarily get at least a “Bird’s eye view” of some of the scenic locations in Sri Lanka.
For more details visit http://www.simplifly.com/index.html
Or contact Favourite Holidays hotline 0772 702702
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Sri Lanka’s premier boat builder the Ceynor Foundation is all set and ready to expand operations to fulfill the growing demand for pleasure boats as well as sea faring fishing vessels.
Ceynor has developed a unique eco –friendly house boat, designed to sail the inland waterways to view natural sights of interest to tourists. In a country rich with many 18th century Dutch canals, this leisurely mode travel to view some of the destinations beauteous sights, is set to be a further boost to Sri Lanka’s alluring tourism offer.
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